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photophane

photophane noun: a historical photographic process formerly used for large-volume mechanical printing.

Noun

photophane (countable and uncountable, plural photophanes)

  1. (uncountable) A historical photographic process formerly used for large-volume mechanical printing.
  2. (countable) A print produced by this process.

Forms of photophane

pluralphotophanes

Questions about photophane

What does photophane mean?
Photophane means a historical photographic process formerly used for large-volume mechanical printing.
What part of speech is photophane?
Photophane is a noun.
What is the plural of photophane?
The plural of photophane is photophanes.

Words near photophane in the dictionary

  1. photoperiods
  2. photoperoxidation
  3. photoperoxidations
  4. photoperturbation
  5. photoperturbations
  6. photophane
  7. photophanes
  8. photopharmacological
  9. photopharmacology
  10. photophase
  11. photophases

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